Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d’Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study
Adding an interpersonal dialogue group to economic empowerment programming in Côte d’Ivoire reduced the occurrence of intimate partner violence, economic abuse, and acceptance of wife beating.
Jhumka Gupta,
Kathryn L. Falb,
Heidi Lehmann,
Denise Kpebo,
Ziming Xuan,
Mazeda Hossain,
Cathy Zimmerman,
Charlotte Watts,
Jeannie Annan
Creativity from Constraint? How the Political Correctness Norm Influences Creativity in Mixed-sex Work Groups
Setting politically correct norms helps promote the free expression of ideas in mixed-sex work groups by reducing anxiety about sharing potentially offensive ideas.
Jack A. Goncalo,
Jennifer A Chatman,
Michelle Duguid,
Jessica A. Kennedy
The Effect of Gender Stereotype Activation on Entrepreneurial Intentions
While gender stereotypes encourage more men to pursue entrepreneurship than women, explicitly stating that there is a stereotype can actually help nullify it.
Vishal K. Gupta,
Daniel B. Turban,
Nachiket M. Bhawe
The Difficult Case of Persuading Women: Experimental Evidence from Childcare
When exposed to information about the positive effects of formal childcare, women with more education were more likely to stay in the labor force and use daycare, while women with less education actually decreased their willingness to stay in the labor force.
Vincenzo Galasso,
Paola Profeta,
Chiara Pronzato,
Francesco Billari
Laboratory Evidence on the Effects of Sponsorship on the Competitive Preferences of Men and Women
Formalized workplace sponsorship programs benefit men far more than women, but harnessing the positive impact of sponsors’ confidence in female protégés’ abilities could help close gender gaps.
Both male and female employers are less likely to hire women for arithmetic tasks, even though both genders perform equally well. This gap persists even when employers receive information about the candidate’s past performance.
Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors in Economics? An Evaluation by Randomized Trial
Mentoring young female professors in economics, an academic field in which women are historically underrepresented, can lead to an increase in their likelihood of staying in academia and of receiving tenure at a top 30 or 50 economics program in the world, relative to their peers without mentors.
Francine D. Blau,
Janet M. Currie,
Rachel T. A. Croson,
Donna K. Ginther
Effect Of A Participatory Intervention With Women’s Groups On Birth Outcomes And Maternal Depression In Jharkhand And Orissa, India: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
Women’s groups led by peer facilitators reduced neonatal mortality rates and maternal depression in tribal, rural populations of eastern India.
Prasanta Tripathy,
Nirmala Nair,
Sarah Barnett,
Rajendra Mahapatra,
Josephine Borghi,
Shibanand Rath,
Suchitra Rath,
Rajkumar Gope,
Dipnath Mahto,
Rajesh Sinha,
Rashmi Lakshminarayana,
Vikram Patel,
Christina Pagel,
Audrey Prost,
Anthony Costello
Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d’Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study
Adding an interpersonal dialogue group to economic empowerment programming in Côte d’Ivoire reduced the occurrence of intimate partner violence, economic abuse, and acceptance of wife beating.
Jhumka Gupta,
Kathryn L. Falb,
Heidi Lehmann,
Denise Kpebo,
Ziming Xuan,
Mazeda Hossain,
Cathy Zimmerman,
Charlotte Watts,
Jeannie Annan
The Effect of Gender Stereotype Activation on Entrepreneurial Intentions
While gender stereotypes encourage more men to pursue entrepreneurship than women, explicitly stating that there is a stereotype can actually help nullify it.
Vishal K. Gupta,
Daniel B. Turban,
Nachiket M. Bhawe
The Difficult Case of Persuading Women: Experimental Evidence from Childcare
When exposed to information about the positive effects of formal childcare, women with more education were more likely to stay in the labor force and use daycare, while women with less education actually decreased their willingness to stay in the labor force.
Vincenzo Galasso,
Paola Profeta,
Chiara Pronzato,
Francesco Billari
Can Mentoring Help Female Assistant Professors in Economics? An Evaluation by Randomized Trial
Mentoring young female professors in economics, an academic field in which women are historically underrepresented, can lead to an increase in their likelihood of staying in academia and of receiving tenure at a top 30 or 50 economics program in the world, relative to their peers without mentors.
Francine D. Blau,
Janet M. Currie,
Rachel T. A. Croson,
Donna K. Ginther
Creativity from Constraint? How the Political Correctness Norm Influences Creativity in Mixed-sex Work Groups
Setting politically correct norms helps promote the free expression of ideas in mixed-sex work groups by reducing anxiety about sharing potentially offensive ideas.
Jack A. Goncalo,
Jennifer A Chatman,
Michelle Duguid,
Jessica A. Kennedy
Laboratory Evidence on the Effects of Sponsorship on the Competitive Preferences of Men and Women
Formalized workplace sponsorship programs benefit men far more than women, but harnessing the positive impact of sponsors’ confidence in female protégés’ abilities could help close gender gaps.
Both male and female employers are less likely to hire women for arithmetic tasks, even though both genders perform equally well. This gap persists even when employers receive information about the candidate’s past performance.
Effect Of A Participatory Intervention With Women’s Groups On Birth Outcomes And Maternal Depression In Jharkhand And Orissa, India: A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial
Women’s groups led by peer facilitators reduced neonatal mortality rates and maternal depression in tribal, rural populations of eastern India.
Prasanta Tripathy,
Nirmala Nair,
Sarah Barnett,
Rajendra Mahapatra,
Josephine Borghi,
Shibanand Rath,
Suchitra Rath,
Rajkumar Gope,
Dipnath Mahto,
Rajesh Sinha,
Rashmi Lakshminarayana,
Vikram Patel,
Christina Pagel,
Audrey Prost,
Anthony Costello